Eidsiva Rederi

Eidsiva Rederi ASA
Type	Public
Industry	Shipping
Founded	1930
Headquarters	Oslo, Norway
Area served	Global
Key people	(CEO); Per Ditlev-Simonsen (Chairman)
Revenue	NOK 279.6 million (2006)
Operating income	NOK 83.6 million (2006)
Net income	NOK 47.9 million (2006)
Website	www.eidsiva.no

Eidsiva Rederi (OSE: EID) is an international shipping company based in Oslo that operates nine car carriers and four Ro-Ro vessels in addition to two other ships. Among the chartering companies are Hyundai and DFDS Tor Line.

History[]

The company was founded as Sverre Ditlev-Simonsen & Co in 1930 by Sverre Ditlev-Simonsen and listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange the same year. It started out as a dry cargo and tanker operator. In the 1970s the company entered the offshore sector, operating a number of . In 1990 the offshore subsidiary SDS Drilling was sold to that was later acquired by Transocean. The company then ventured into the handysize bulk market, and entered a cooperation with and Fednav Group and along with other companies established the . In 1996 the Heje family took a larger ownership in the company.

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